Catching Up On the MKE County Executive Race II

This missive hit my email inbox while I was finishing up the previous post. But this one is from Milwaukee County Executive candidate, Senator Chris Larson. At a time of incredible belittling and bullying by our nation’s top politician, we at the local level must do better. That’s why on…

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Catching Up On the MKE County Executive Race

From the email this morning…former candidate for governor, Matt Flynn, has endorsed Glendale Mayor Bryan Kennedy for Milwaukee County Executive: I am excited to support the campaign of my good friend Bryan Kennedy for Milwaukee County Executive.  Bryan was my campaign manager in 2018 and he shares my progressive values….

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Purnima Nath for MKE County Executive?

Facebook is showing an announcement of the announcement for Purnima Nath’s run for Milwaukee County Executive: I am extremely excited to inform you that I will be announcing my run for Milwaukee County Executive. Please join me on Tuesday Nov 19th at 11 am at the Milwaukee County Courthouse Rotunda…

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Yes, County Board Chair Theodore Lipscomb Is Running for County Executive

He sure picked a cold November day to throw his hat in the ring…he’s gonna freeze his head. But as rumored yesterday, the County Board Chair Theodore Lipscomb has announced his campaign for Milwaukee County Executive! Milwaukee County Board Chairman Theodore Lipscomb Sr. is running for county executive, the fifth…

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Sen. Chris Larson All In For MKE County Executive Race

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel is reporting that State Senator Chris Larson (D – Milwaukee) is running for Milwaukee County Executive. This will be Sen. Larson’s second attempt having lost to incumbent Chris Abele in 2016. County Executive Abele is not running for re-election in 2020. State Sen. Chris Larson on…

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Bryan Kennedy In County Exec Race?

Why bother to have an announcement if you announce the announcement as an announcement for…?? It’s starting to get more interesting than I expected.

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Rep. David Crowley Enters Race for MKE County Executive

Most of you have probably seen this on one media site or another, but since we follow Milwaukee County government pretty closely, I want to share Rep. Crowley’s email with you! I’m proud to announce that I’m running for Milwaukee County Executive. I’m running to bring residents from across our…

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Squandering Another Milwaukee Cultural Icon

Delaying maintenance on Milwaukee County infrastructure has been a key strategy out of the County Executive office under both Scott Walker and Chris Abele. And we’ve seen the continued round and round (no pun intended) about the lack of support for the crumbling Mitchel Park Conservatory…aka The Domes. They may…

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Chris Abele Is Getting Ripped Off

This will probably only interest the subset of readers who have run for office or got deep into running campaigns…but way at the bottom it does actually bring up an issue we should consider when voting on April 5th for County Executive. But on with the story: Obviously as a…

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Whither MKE County: Time For A Dedicated Park District

By now all of you have read at least one article about the perceived risk of having the county executive sell Milwaukee County park land without input from the county board or the general public. The recent changes in state law that allow the county executive to sell non-park land…

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